Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht, Tarnkappen-Kampfjets
High energy lasers capable of taking out missiles and enemy aircraft from great distances. That’s what the weapons are in Star Trek in the 23rd century. But that’s not the only place where you will find lasers because they can be found here, on earth, today. Lockheed...
Kampfflüge, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
Switzerland is an unusual country. A few examples? In the case of nuclear war, the Swiss have bunkers capable of fitting more than 100% of the country’s population – it is the only (paranoid enough) country to be capable of doing that. Swiss highways can...
Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Nicht kategorisiert
The new Mikoyan interceptor The Russian military aircraft design bureau Mikoyan Gurevich has since the 1940’s been building many famous military aircraft, some of which were exceptionally fast. Two of these are the MiG-25 and the MiG-31, capable of speeds exceeding...
Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Tarnkappen-Kampfjets
The Sukhoi T-50 PAK FA – PAK FA means Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation – is a milestone in Russian aircraft production. From what has been seen, it is believed to be a fifth-generation aircraft with stealth features, big internal weapon...
Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht, Tarnkappen-Kampfjets
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been widely debated since well before its first flight in 2006. The project has cost over 1 trillion dollars so far and is expected to reach over 1.5 trillion during its lifetime. But an aircraft costing this much money can...
Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, Tarnkappen-Kampfjets
The American F-35 Lightning II built by Lockheed Martin has been under great debate for over a decade. The development of the second US 5th-generation fighter is currently projected to cost over $1 trillion — yes, with a “t.” It is certainly expensive, but is it worth...
Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt, UAV
There are a lot of very capable military forces in the world. One might expect the two largest (in terms of forces, not budget) to share many common features, but that is far from the case. The US and Russian militaries have focused on entirely different priorities...
Flugzeugträger, Kampfjets, Militärische Luftfahrt
Before the Moskvas… Russia and former USSR have since the 1960’s been one of the world’s most active aircraft carrier builders. Only the US, UK, Japan, and France have had more of these vessels controlling their waters. Right after the Second World War, many...
Flugzeugträger, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
The Nimitz aircraft carrier. An enormous source of destruction, capable of delivering hundreds of tons of explosives to its enemy in under an hour, but it’s much more than that. Its 100,000 tons of steel, 18 floors below deck, and impressive 332-metre length amount to...
Flugzeugträger, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
The aircraft carrier is widely known to be a weapon of tremendous power but its shape and size are unlike anything else, and its features remain surprisingly unknown to most people. That is the reason why in this article we will look into the exterior of this...
Flugzeugträger, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt
How the aircraft carrier idea started USS North Carolina (ACR-12) was the first naval vessel to launch an aircraft while UNDERWAY- in 1916, 25 years before the commissioning of the BB55, which is pictured. Eugene Ely takes off from a temporary ramp on the USS...
Luftfahrtwelt, Kampfjets, Geschichte & Legenden, Militärische Luftfahrt, Tarnkappen-Kampfjets, Weltrekorde in der Luftfahrt
USAF and RuAF Fleet strength Let’s start with some heroic (and perhaps slightly biased) videos from both sides. The American video is further down. The US Air Force has been regarded as the world’s supreme air force since the end of the Second World War, but with...
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